Preventive Dentistry - Pecan Tree Dental

Are You Guilty of Distracted Brushing?

We like to think of our ourselves as a judgment-free dental zone, but we do have a few words about distracted brushing. You know not to drive and text. You know to check both ways before crossing a street. Giving your smile the care it needs is not a time for multitasking. Excellent preventive care […]

3 Worries Keeping You From Calling For A Visit

Do you feel as though what your smile needs is for you to contact our Grand Prairie, TX team quite soon, so you may schedule a dental checkup with us? Is this because you think something might be wrong with your smile or simply because you could really benefit from getting back into the swing […]

Dental Care: Power At Your Fingertips!

One of the things that you may overlook in terms of optimizing your oral health is that you can take care of a ton of things with great ease! Our Grand Prairie, TX team reminds you that you have great power at your fingertips! Though you may imagine there’s quite a lot involved with keeping […]

Tips: Rushing When You’re Brushing (And Flossing)

Are you rushing when you’re brushing? Flossing, too? Are you aware that this is actually a major problem if your goal is to feel certain that you’re practicing excellent dental hygiene and that it will yield successful results for your smile health? While you may have a hard time understanding why going as quickly as […]

Tooth Decay: Don’t Be Hard On Yourself!

It’s easy to end up being a bit too hard on yourself when you learn that you need to address tooth decay! Of course, what you want is to come in for checkups, to learn you’re cavity free, and to head home without a care in the world. However, sometimes, the end of your preventive […]

Why You Can Ignore (But Not Hide) From Smile Problems!

Sure, when you realize your tooth feels a little uncomfortable, you can try to just ignore the pain for a while. When we tell you that you really need to come in for a dental cleaning and you realize your mouth isn’t feeling so healthy, you can just ignore our advice for a little bit […]

Sensitivity: No Need For You To Panic!

We know that in addition to serious pain, one of the other things that can send any patient into a frenzy is the onset of dental sensitivity! It’s a very strange sensation that sort of hurts but also just feels quite strange yet intense. In short: It’s not pleasant and because its arrival can mean […]

Tricks For Exposing Teeth To Less Sugar

There’s more than one way to think about things when you’re considering ways to expose your teeth to sugar for a shorter amount of time. On one hand, you can simply eat less sugar. On the other hand, you can get better about removing sugar from your teeth after you’ve enjoyed something sweet and delicious! […]

Springtime Changes For Your Breath: What’s Happening?

You may have noticed recently that just as soon as springtime finally arrived, bringing with it a lovely seasonal transformation in Grand Prairie, TX, so did the arrival of your bad breath. Is it a coincidence you wonder? Or, is there some connection between the changing of the seasons and the sudden shift in your […]

Would A Powered Toothbrush Be A Good Change?

There are a lot of debatable questions you will encounter throughout a lifetime. Some bring with them deep philosophical factors that can make it difficult to ever come to a conclusion. Then, of course, there are those uncertainties like the following: Would it be a good idea to change over to a powered toothbrush? Or […]